Critics and the anti-corruption group Global Witness, which shared findings of an undercover investigation on the island resort with ABC News, are saying the plans could represent a departure from the president’s promise to avoid backing new developments overseas.

The project also may require approval from the Dominican government, which already is negotiating with the U.S. government on other matters.

“The ultimate question is how far removed is the president from his personal business,” ABC News’ Kyra Phillips tells us.

The Trump Organization has maintained that there are no new development deals in the works in the Dominican Republic.

Ashley Pascarella says she was sexually assaulted by a Sandals resort employee in Jamaica on the night before her wedding in 2016.

But, she claims, when she and her husband complained to the hotel, management didn’t call police. Instead, they were offered a refund in exchange for signing a non-disclosure agreement. Pascarella and her husband refused and now are suing the hotel.

ABC News’ Amy Robach spoke with Deputy Chairman of Sandals Resorts International Adam Stewart, who says the company has very strict security protocols in place and disputes the characterization of offering a refund for a “non-disclosure agreement.”

The employee accused of assaulting Pascarella later was fired and pleaded guilty to indecent assault.

“The CBS board yesterday wanted to make a very strong statement that such conduct would not be tolerated,” Meg James, a corporate media reporter for the Los Angeles Times, tells us.

Moonves’ attorney, Andrew J. Levander, described the conclusions by CBS as “baseless” and “without merit” in a statement to ABC News. The former CEO also “vehemently denies any non-consensual sexual relations and cooperated extensively and fully with investigators.”

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Les Moonves, chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation, poses at the premiere of the new television series “Star Trek: Discovery” in Los Angeles, Sept. 19, 2017.

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